Red Hat Installation - RH 8.0 and Netgear FA310 PCMCIA Ethernet card problems

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RH 8.0 and Netgear FA310 PCMCIA Ethernet card problems

Lee Reynolds

2004-11-28, 2:47 am

Hi, all.

I'm working on getting RH8.0 up and running on an IBM TP600. The one
thing that's driving me nuts is getting the NIC working. It's a Netgear
FA510 PCMCIA card.

I've been searching the manufacturer's site, Usenet and the web for
leads on this one but without getting anything really usable.

The OS doesn't seem to know that the card exists.

Some people state that the NE2000 drivers will do the trick.

Others say tulip although the network config tools don't show tulip
so, presumably, I'd have to D/L source and compile.

There's also lots of (conflicting) comments on editing config files,
too.

Can anyone provide, please, anything like a nice, simple, step-by-
step on this problem?

I'm in danger of concluding that Bill Gates has something going for
him after all given this round and round in circles with the NIC....

TIA,
LeeA

Lenard

2004-11-28, 5:49 pm

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 00:30:41 -0500, Lee Reynolds wrote:

> Hi, all.
>
> I'm working on getting RH8.0 up and running on an IBM TP600. The one
> thing that's driving me nuts is getting the NIC working. It's a Netgear
> FA510 PCMCIA card.
>
> I've been searching the manufacturer's site, Usenet and the web for
> leads on this one but without getting anything really usable.
>
> The OS doesn't seem to know that the card exists.
>
> Some people state that the NE2000 drivers will do the trick.
>
> Others say tulip although the network config tools don't show tulip
> so, presumably, I'd have to D/L source and compile.

According to; http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS

The NetGear FA510C, FA511 cards are supported;

[pcmcia-cs driver: tulip_cb] [x86,ppc] [2.4+ kernel driver: tulip]

> There's also lots of (conflicting) comments on editing config files,
> too.
>
> Can anyone provide, please, anything like a nice, simple, step-by-
> step on this problem?

Try installing the kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-16.i386.rpm from Fedora Core 1
first;

http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/sta...6.i386.rpm.html

Then restart the pcmcia and network services as root; service pcmcia
restart
service network restart

In addition (and in some detail) you can try plugging in the card then
from the console or xterm session type (as root);

/sbin/cardctl ident

Sample output (yours may be different, see below);

product info: "NETGEAR", "FA510", "Fast Ethernet CardBus Card", "1.00"
manfid: 0x9513, 0x0081
function: 6 (network)

This should provide you with all the information needed to modify your
/etc/pcmcia/config file. As root using your choice of text editor locate
the Netgear FA411 entry and add the following below the FA411 entry (if
needed);

card "NetGear FA510C Fast Ethernet"
manfid 0x9513, 0x0081
bind "tulip_cb"

card "NetGear FA510C Fast Ethernet"
pci 0x1011, 0x0019
bind "tulip_cb"

Save your changes and exit the editor. Still as root edit the
/etc/modules.conf file and add a line like; alias eth0 tulip_cs

Remove the card and as root restart the pcmcia service by typing something
like; service pcmcia restart

Restart the network services also; service network restart

Plug the card in (you might hear two high tone beeps) and follow the guide
here;

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/...ork-config.html

You might want to download the latest pcmcia_cs package from;
http://sourceforge.net/project/show...p?group_id=2405

Notes;

You might have to remove the pcmcia_cs RPM package. You will need the
kernel-source RPM package for your running kernel for the configuration
and installation of the pcmcia source package.

Hint: kernel-source-<uname -r>.i386.rpm Example:
kernel-source-2.4.20-28.8.i386.rpm

Instructions for the configuration and installation the package are
included in the unpacked PCMCIA-HOWTO file.

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